WARMLY WELCOMED

Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 5

WARMLY WELCOMED

MRS ROOSEVELT TOURS LONDON.

P.A. Cable.

LONDON, Oct 24.

There was an air of informality when their Majesties welcomed Mrs Rcosevelt at Paddington Station. The platform was decorated with the (Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack. The King, in R.A.F. miiform, steppecl forward and shook hands, and the Queen, with a smile of welcome, also shook hands warmly, and asked about the trip. The little group stood for a few minutes while news cameras recorded the event, Mrs Roosevelt smiling happily and talking animatedly. The King first introduoed Mr Eden. Mrs Roosevelt then presented Miss Thompson to their Majesties. Mrs Roosevelt: is. expected to- stay in Britain for two or three weeks. Before lunching with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace, to meet chiefs of the women's Services, Mrs Roosevelt said this; mcrning, when commenting on her visit: "I am interested in every phase of what women in Britain have accomplished. You have had a. good many more vears' experienco than we have had. A great many men and some women ha.ve thought at home1 that women would be needed for various things. They are now finding that women are very much needed for a. good many things. I think there is a great deal for mo to learn, and I. am hoping to learn all I can — I think that is a great deal — from your experience." BLITZED AREAS VISITED. After luncheon Mrs Roosevelt accompanied their Majesties on a visit to St. Paul's and the blitzed areas in the city and the East End. They were given a warm welcome by a large crowd outside St, Paul's. At the City A.R.P. Control Centre they were welcomed by the Lord Mayor. News of tha tour had reached the East End, where crowds llned the streets and children waved flags. After a tour of inspection they took tea with the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress at the Mansion House. The warmth of the welcome a.ccorded Mrs Roosevelt. by the people is reflectecl by Press comment on the visit. The Times. particularly welcomes the prospect of Mrs Roosevelt 's continuing in England the kind of public services she is accustomed to pursue in the United States, travelling widely, taking interest in people and bringing back to her husband a view of the American sccne The Daily Mail comments that the visit, like the Royal visit to America, "has unceremonious aspects of fiiendship. nct only between personalities but between peoples." v